Greatest Middleweight world champion?

Question

Greatest Middleweight world champion?

Answer 1

it has to be sugar ray robinson noone else even comes close

Answer 2

Marvin Hagler, he had a very long and the most dominant reign as champion.  He knocked out, essentially, every challenger until he lost the split decision to the great Ray Leonard.  

He wasn't champion as long as Hopkins or Monzon and didn't have as many defenses, but to me greatest is about quality more than quantity.

Of course, I feel if Roy Jones had decided to stay at 160 he would have had a near perfect reign as champ - he would have the record for defenses, and would have been capable of KOing any middleweight ever, never mind the sub-par generation of middleweights between 1992-2002..it would have been like the Joe Louis "bum of the month" club.

Answer 3

sugar ray robinson, who held the title 5 times, and was beating top fighters while pushing 40.

monzon, hagler, jones jr and hopkins are up there as well..

Answer 4

The incredible fighting machine what was Carlos Monzon,pure poetry to watch fight and retired unbeaten as champion after 7 years,never been done before and unlikely to be achieved again,Mr Majestic!number 2 has to be Marvin Hagler.

Answer 5

Jake Lamotta

Answer 6

Carlos Monzon/ Marvin Hagler - tie

Many people forget that Robinson only went to 160 late in his career and he was very beatable at that weight.

Answer 7

Surely it would be Ray Robinson!!!

Answer 8

Sugar Ray Robinson was great, but not at Middle.

I would toss this grade to Hagler. Honestly even as bad as Benn was, I see Hagler stomping Nigel Benn into the ground.

Answer 9

Sugar Ray Leonard

WBC Welterweight Champion

WBC Welterweight Champion

WBA Light Middleweight Champion

WBA Welterweight Champion

WBC Middleweight Champion

WBC Light Heavyweight Champion

WBC Super Middleweight Champion

Answer 10

Marvin Hagler

Answer 11

who else than RJJ??

Answer 12

Most people will say Sugar Ray Robinson, but Robinson was really best as a welterweight.  It is ARGUABLE that Robinson was the best middleweight, but I would have to go with HARRY GREB as the greatest middleweight of all time.  He held the title for three years and he was the only person to ever beat Gene Tunney (a heavyweight) and the other names on Greb's record speak volumes about how great he truly was.  He fought the last chapter of his career partially blind and he was still able to beat other all-time greats such as; Mickey Walker, Maxie Rosenbloom, and Tiger Flowers (first fight).

Honorable mentions: Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, and Bernard Hopkins.

Answer 13

Nigel Benn is his prime was unbeatable and ferocious in the ring, a lighter version in the mike tyson mould, had no feeling out time just went in to knock his opponent out, which is the name of the game at the end of the day

Answer 14

Stanley Ketchel.  Was amazing in his breif time.  Would be better know today if he was not murdered at 24.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Ket...

Answer 15

Marvellous Marvin